Rail enthusiast and nearby resident Marcus Wong has documented seven of these accidents since 2012 on his blog Waking up in Geelong.

"Every so often I'm heading to work past the stop and I'd noticed a piece of the fence missing or a car still stuck there after crashing into it," Mr Wong said.

Of the 1763 tram stops in the Melbourne network, about a third have a "safety zone", a fenced area in the middle of the road providing a buffer for passengers between the tracks and the road.

Mr Wong said he believed the accidents were caused by confusing lane changes on the road, and a lack of attention from motorists.

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"The road starts off as one lane, goes to two lanes, then back to one lane. Drivers have to swerve to the left to avoid the stop," he said.

"People just aren't paying attention. There's not much traffic on the roads in the early morning and people are driving too fast."

Mr Wong first documented a crash at the stop in March 2012, when he noticed the fencing was replaced with plastic safety tape. Last year, there were five crashes. In February, four fence panels were replaced with tape. In May, a ute was impaled on the tram stop's hapless fence. In August, a car smashed into the railing, taking out five panels, a traffic-light post, and the "safety zone" sign. In September, a wayward motorist destroyed three fencing panels. The fence was repaired, but in October another car became stuck in the railing.

This year, nearly all of the protective fencing was destroyed in January by another careless motorist.

Yarra Trams spokesman Simon Murphy conceded that the number of repairs at the stop was "higher than average".

He said there wasn't space to install a concrete "prow" to divert traffic, because of the volumes of traffic going in and out of the racecourse.

"This stop is outside the entrance to Flemington Racecourse, presenting a challenge in terms of the space requirements available to install infrastructure," he said.

The time taken by Yarra Trams to repair the fence had varied, Mr Wong said.

"Sometimes it'll be fixed the next day, but other times it just sits there for a month."

Mr Murphy said a response crew was sent to a stop as soon as they received a report.

"The site is immediately made safe so that trams can continue to operate as normal," he said.

"Further repairs are then carried out if required to restore the stop to normal, usually within a few days."

Passengers generally wait at the other end of the stop, and Yarra Trams had no reports of passenger injuries, Mr Murphy said.